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English Test 1 ( 3rd Term)

Date: April

2016

Abd El Hamid Ben Badis

Abdel Hamid Ben Badis ,who was born in December 4th , 1889, Constantine April 16, 1940,
Constantine, was a famous figure of the Islamic Reform movement in Algeria.
In 1931, Ben Badis founded the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema, which was a national grouping of
many Islamic scholars in Algeria from many different and sometimes opposing perspectives and viewpoints.
The Association had a great influence on Algerian Muslim politics up to the Algerian War of Independence.
In the same period, it set up many institutions where thousands of Algerian children of Muslim parents were
educated. The Association also published a monthly journal, the Al-Chihab and Ben Badis contributed regularly
to it between 1925 and his death in 1940. The journal informed its readers about the Association's ideas and
thoughts on religious reform and spoke on other religious and political issues.
On April 16th , 1940, Ben Badis died in his birthplace of Constantine. He was buried in the presence of
20,000 people and his funeral took the aspect of a gigantic humanistic demonstration; anti-colonialist and
democratic; the very principles practiced in the life of this large Algerian hero. Algeria is proud to remember
this hero each year on April 16th, The Science Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelhamid_Ben_Badis

Part One: (14pts)

A/ Reading Comprehension : (7points)
Read the text then do the following activities.
Activity One : Complete the table with the events that correspond to the dates. (3points)
Dates
Events
1)The 4th of December 1889 1).
2)1931

2).
3)The 16th of April 1940
3).
Activity Two : What do the underlined words in the text refer to? ( 2pts)
1. Who :
2. Which:
3. Where
4. Hero :
Activity Three: Lexis.
What do these words mean? Choose the right word. ( 2pts)
1. Famous = .
a) unknown
b) unpopular c) well-known
2. Association = .

a) organization b) friend

c) team

d) normal

d) school

Part One : B/ Mastery of Language.

Activity One : Combine the following sentences using : who where which- whom
1) a- Ibn Badis was an Algerian hero.
b- Ibn Badis fought the French colonialism.
2) a- Ibn Badis lived in Constantine.
b- Ibn Badis started his fighting in Constantine.
3) a- Ibn Badis wrote ELchihab newspaper.
b- Elchihab was and Algerian newspaper.
1/2

Activity Two: Write the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (3pts)
Ben Badis then (embark).on a pilgrimage or Hajj to Mecca and (spend) three months in Medina.
He (meet)..Sheik Bachir Al Ibrahimi.He (encourage). Ben Badis to return to Algeria for
the independence of Algeria.
Activity Three: Write the following words in the right box according to their consonant sound: ( 2pts)
independence Islamic politics association
ecim =s

tici= k

i1

i1

Part Two: Written Expression (situation of integration) <6pts>

Your friend is making a project work on famous personalities and needs your help.
Help your friend to write a short biography about One of the following personalities(use the relative
pronouns who where which.
Name
Birth
Place of birth Iran

Elkhawarizmi
round 780

Scientific researcher
Job
Activities Father of algebra
Did many works about
astronomy and developed the
concept of algorithm
Death
The paragraph.

850

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

21 October 1833
Sweden Stockholm
Chemist
inventor of dynamite.
Established the Nobel Prize

10 December 1896

Moufdi Zakaria
12 June 1908
Ghardaia - Algeria
Poet
Author of the Algerian
national
anthem "Kassaman"
Poet of the Algerian
Revolution
17 August 1977

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